Germany launches dog-themed NFTs to fetch cyber talent: Nifty Newsletter, June 21–28The German foreign service created a dog-themed NFT collection in the form of a treasure hunt to recruit and test new cyber talent.Jun 28, 2023Savannah Fortis
Will Bitcoin ever trade below $27,000 again?On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident expert discusses whether Bitcoin will ever be below $27,000 again.Jun 28, 2023Marcel Pechman
Israeli authorities seize crypto from terror organizations, credit new technologyThe Israeli ministries of defense and justice and a number of intelligence and enforcement agencies collaborated; Chainalysis also pitched in.Jun 28, 2023Derek Andersen
CFTC issues $54M default judgment against trader in crypto fraud scheme As a result of the judgment, the defendant is also now prohibited from engaging in any trading activities within markets regulated by the CFTC and is barred from registering with the regulatory body.Jun 28, 2023Judith BannermanQuist
$7.8B lost in crypto Ponzi and pyramid schemes in 2022: ReportIllicit activities related to crypto increased across the sector in 2022 despite an overall market downturn.Jun 28, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Bitcoin ETF race gets hotter as ARK Invest adds surveillance agreement to applicationARK Invest and 21Shares’ third application for a spot Bitcoin ETF now includes a surveillance sharing agreement.Jun 28, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Girlfriends, murdered kids, assassin androids — Is AI cursed?Artificial intelligence has provided the world with tools that might make life easier. But there has also been a slew of disturbing developments.Jun 28, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Bitcoin price clings to $30K as Fed’s Powell stresses more rate hikesThere’s no room for slacking when it comes to monetary policy tightening, Powell says, as Bitcoin takes a breather from yearly highs.Jun 28, 2023William Suberg
MicroStrategy buys $347M worth of Bitcoin amid market thaw“DCA works,” wrote Binance CEO in response to the purchase.Jun 28, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Open source: Buzzword or real security for crypto wallets?Open-sourcing crypto wallet designs offers some benefits, but there are trade-offs as well.Jun 28, 2023Anupam Varshney
European Commission aims for universal acceptance with digital euro proposalWith this move, the European Commission aims to open up the payments market controlled by banks, Visa and Mastercard.Jun 28, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Paxos and MercadoLibre partner up to bring USDP to MexicoThe move provides PAX coin access to Mexico’s 3.1 million-plus cryptocurrency users.Jun 28, 2023Tristan Greene
Tether signs MoU with Georgia to develop Bitcoin P2P infrastructureThe collaboration intends to bring changes to public administration and the business sector.Jun 28, 2023Prashant Jha
How smart people invest in dumb memecoins: 3-point plan for successIf you can make money out of it, then it’s a smart investment. That’s the playbook of smart investors making bank from dumb memecoins.Jun 28, 2023Jillian Godsil
A brief history of the internetGain insights into the key milestones and trends that have shaped the internet into the global phenomenon it is today.Jun 28, 2023Alice Ivey
Bitcoin no longer crypto of choice for illicit crypto activity: TRM LabsWhile fiat channels remain the dominant tool for criminal financing, Bitcoin appears to have fallen out of favor for criminals as far as cryptocurrencies go.Jun 28, 2023Martin Young
Voyager to pay $1.1M in legal fees incurred in AprilCertain members holding high positions within the firm bill an hourly rate exceeding $2,000 for their professional services.Jun 28, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
EU finalizes controversial smart contract kill switch rules under Data ActThe Data Act was first proposed in early 2022 and passed by the European Parliament on March 14.Jun 28, 2023Prashant Jha
KuCoin crypto exchange to introduce mandatory KYC in JulyKuCoin’s Know Your Customer checks will require new users to complete identity verification to access all services, while existing non-KYC users will not be able to deposit.Jun 28, 2023Helen Partz
Ethereum price won’t see $2K anytime soon, market data suggestsWeak derivatives metrics, and declining TVL and DApps use, put Ethereum bears in a better position to keep ETH price below $2,000.Jun 28, 2023Marcel Pechman
Sony Network invests in Japanese Web3 startup to spur mass adoptionThe deal includes an investment of $3.5 million, a Sony executive moving to Startale Labs and collaboration on new Web3 tools for mass adoption.Jun 28, 2023Savannah Fortis
BlackRock has ‘50% chance’ of getting spot Bitcoin ETF approved: AnalystBloomberg’s senior ETF analyst believes BlackRock has an even chance of getting its Bitcoin ETF green-lit, as Grayscale looks more likely to win its case against the Securities and Exchange Commission.Jun 28, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin miners send record $128M in revenue to exchangesBitcoin miners have sent up to 315% of their daily revenue to exchanges but BTC prices are yet to react.Jun 28, 2023Martin Young
Sui Foundation denies it sold locked staking rewards on BinanceSui was accused of dumping locked and non-circulating staked SUI tokens on Binance.Jun 28, 2023Brayden Lindrea
FTX alleges former exec used ‘hush money’ to silence whistleblowersThe lawsuit claims that former compliance officer Daniel Friedberg paid whistleblowers to stop them from exposing the “true fraudulent nature” of the exchange.Jun 28, 2023Jesse Coghlan
FTX suspends $500M sale of stake in AI firm Anthropic: ReportMultiple buyers were reportedly eyeing up FTX’s stake in the AI firm that was being sold off to recover funds for creditors.Jun 28, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Bitcoin price surge will come from retail, not institutions: Fireblocks CEOMichael Shaulov believes that while recent Bitcoin ETF filings could see new institutional money flow to Bitcoin, that in itself didn’t drive previous price surges.Jun 28, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Worldcoin confirms it is the cause of mysterious Safe deploymentsTwitter users noticed thousands of Safe deployments to Optimism, leading to speculation that it may be an attack, but the developer of Worldcoin confirmed that this activity was merely an app migration.Jun 27, 2023Tom Blackstone
Nevada financial regulator petitions court to place Prime Trust into receivershipThe filing suggested Prime Trust had financial liabilities to its users totaling more than $82 million in fiat and $800,000 in crypto.Jun 27, 2023Turner Wright
New exchange EDX reportedly switching out Paxos’ custody services for Anchorage’sThe new exchange does not custody customer funds itself to avoid a conflict of interest — and a hot-button issue with the SEC.Jun 27, 2023Derek Andersen